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 We talkin vinyls right now...

I, myself, am a vinyl collector. I have many many albums and singles. I have the entire Arctic Monkeys discography in vinyl. However, I wont be talking about my personal collection. I reviewing some of my personal favorite album covers.  

First is Joji's Ballads 1 album his first LP. I actually have this one in my collection. I remember pre-ordering it back 2018 like it was yesterday. 

  

The front of the album is Joji himself. It was a good tactic to continue his humor from his previous career on youtube, many were not happy when he announced his retirement.  However, many of the same fans stuck around or came back after realizing that his personality is still the same. His content was always rather off-putting. Having such cover art justifies his brand even more. 

The art on the vinyl itself is probably only an exclusive or just for newer copies, as mine does not have it. Nonetheless, it goes well with the album as Joji's single, Slow Dancing In The Dark, released before the album also had blood on the cover art.

On the back there the title and the production credits. The small card was not included in my copy but most likely a little gift from Joji's distribution company. 

I absolutely adore this cover art because it captures Joji's brand and album theme. 

Next we have another of my all time favorites, Yeat's Aftërlyfe. 

I love this album cover sooooooooooooo much. On his instagram and on Spotify theres a slight animation of the smoke and him moving his head. Yeat's album covers have always been abstract. And I love it. On the back of the vinyl cover is the title, a slight picture of Yeat himself in the bottom left corner, a list of songs and the credits to them. 

There's not a special aspect of the digipack like a message or lyrics but the cover itself is unique and stands out. 

I am goingt to try my best to make my digipack unique to the artist but also with the theme of the song.